More Questions on History
- Q. The most important feature of the Mughal building was the
A)Arch
B)Dome
C)The narrow columns
D)Corbel brackets
Answer: Dome
- Q. Where had Qutub-ud-din Aibak got constructed the Adhai-din-ka Jhonpra (Hut of Two-and-a-half- Days)?
A)Ajmer
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Fatehpur Sikri
Answer: Ajmer
- Q. In which year British East India Company established Singapore
A)1819
B)1808
C)1832
D)1849
Answer: 1819
- Q. Who advocated Nazism in Germany?
A)Adolf Hitler
B)Frederick William-IV
C)Bismarck
D)William-III
Answer: Adolf Hitler
- Q. Which of the following place where the first meeting/session of the Indian National Congress was held?
A)Bombay
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Allahabad
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Babur was originally the ruler of
A)Persia
B)Kabul
C)Fargana
D)Khandahar
Answer: Fargana
- Q. Chandragupta Maurya was born in
A)563 BC
B)340 BC
C)189 BC
D)99 BC
Answer: 340 BC
- Q. The Sikh Guru who wrote “Zafar-Nama” in Persian was
A)Guru Har Krishan
B)Guru Har Rai
C)Guru Gobind Singh
D)Guru Tegh Bahadur
Answer: Guru Gobind Singh
- Q. Nanu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of__________, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals
A)Maruthwamala
B)Silanka
C)Karunagapally
D)Kayamkulam
Answer: Maruthwamala
- Q. Where was the Royal Durbar Held on November 1st, 1858 to issue to Queen’s proclamation?
A)Ahmadabad
B)Lucknow
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. The concept of Sagunabrahmana was the outcome of which concept of Bhakti Movement?
A)Vaishanavism
B)Nirgunabraman
C)Shaivism
D)None of the above
Answer: Nirgunabraman
- Q. The two principal monuments of Alauddin Khalji reign – the Alai Darwaza and Jama Masjid at Khana – were constructed at
A)Delhi
B)Agra
C)Fatehpur Sikri
D)Gulbarga
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Which one of the following famous ruler is called as ‘Father of Inscriptions’?
A)Chandragupta Maurya
B)Samudra Gupta
C)Ashoka
D)Kanishka
Answer: Samudra Gupta
- Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
A)William Bentinck
B)Robert Clive
C)Warren Hasting
D)Col. Sanders
Answer: Warren Hasting
- Q. Why Simon commission was established?
A)To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms
B)To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
C)To declare India as republic state
D)None of these
Answer: To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration
- Q. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
A)BP Wadia
B)BC Pal
C)Dadabhai Naoroji
D)GS Arundale
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q. In which language were the Buddhist-texts ‘Pitakas’ composed?
A)Ardhamagadhi
B)Sanskrit
C)Pali
D)Prakrit
Answer: Pali
- Q. The term ‘Upanishad’ Literally implies
A)Wisdom
B)Knowledge
C)Sitting near
D)Recitation
Answer: Sitting near
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. Which of the following were the main aims of Satyashodhak Samaj? I. Social service II. Spread of education among women and lower caste III. Complete abolition of caste system and inequalities
A)I and II
B)Only II
C)II and III
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
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